Theodore Victor Peticolas, born 29 February 1800 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was a fruit farmer in Union Township, Clermont County, Ohio at the time he maintained this diary. In it Peticolas details his farm work, crops, family, neighbors, and...

This diary is the second of three kept by physician John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan describing his experience as a Civil War surgeon for the 19th Michigan Infantry Regiment. The second volume (Feb. 9, 1864-Jan. 13, 1865) continues the account...

Clergy--Michigan; Reformed Church in America; Christ Community Church (Spring Lake, Mich.); Articles

An article written by Richard A. Rhem (Dick) on 2/1/1989 entitled "What is Good News? Great sermons must embrace the 3 basic needs of those who listen", a Church Herald Article. Tags: Preaching, Gospel, Trust, Love, Mystery,Hope, Sympathy.

Clergy--Michigan; Reformed Church in America; Christ Community Church (Spring Lake, Mich.); Sermons

A sermon given by Richard A. Rhem (Dick) on 2004-02-25 entitled "This Quiet Dust", as part of the series "A Littlefair Legacy", on the occasion of Ash Wednesday, at Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI. Tags: Duncan Littlefair; Miracle Of Life....

Clergy--Michigan; Reformed Church in America; Christ Community Church (Spring Lake, Mich.); Sermons

A sermon given by Richard A. Rhem (Dick) on 2000-12-17 entitled "The Lost Cause of Christmas", on the occasion of Advent III, at Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI. Tags: Advent, Awareness, Intention,Incarnation. Scripture references: I...

Clergy--Michigan; Reformed Church in America; Christ Community Church (Spring Lake, Mich.); Sermons

A sermon given by Richard A. Rhem (Dick) on 1997-01-05 entitled 'dare to Follow the Light", on the occasion of Epiphany, at Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI. Tags: Epiphany, Universal Grace, Light of God,Pluralism. Scripture references:...

Clergy--Michigan; Reformed Church in America; Christ Community Church (Spring Lake, Mich.); Sermons

A sermon given by Richard A. Rhem (Dick) on 1999-04-11 entitled "Jesus: Episode or Epiphany?", as part of the series "Varieties of Religious Experience", on the occasion of Eastertide, at Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI. Tags: Cosmic...

Clergy--Michigan; Reformed Church in America; Christ Community Church (Spring Lake, Mich.); Speeches

A speech given by Richard A. Rhem (Dick) on 10/30/2013 entitled "The Threat and Promise of One' Mind Being Changed", as part of the series 'ummer Lecture Series: How My Mind Has Changed", at Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI. Tags: Dogma,...

Nellie Calder was born in Chicago on 12 August 1893. She married Earle Clements in 1914. She organized the Junior League with Josephine Bender and was at one time the president of the Women’s City Club. Mrs. Clements traveled to Europe with the...

Katherine Pantlind was born on 25 December 1888 in Grand Rapids. Her father owned and operated the Pantlind Hotel. She married Closson Lockwood in 1909 and met Teddy Roosevelt. She died on 16 March 1976.

Gerry Bauma lived in the Netherlands during World War II. As a seminary student, he had the opportunity to live in the times without having to go into forced labor as many of his friends did, although he was at one point caught up in a German...

Elaine Kines was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1954. She graduated from high school in 1972, and continued on to become a college student and full time employee at the local Meijer warehouse. Unable to maintain her employment and schooling, she...

Gunther Kirschner, born in October of 1948 in Germany, moved to the U.S. at a young age and lived near Grand Rapids Michigan. After completing high school he was drafted into the U.S. Army. Gunther served from August of 1969 to February of 1971,...